More than 200 students filled the steps of the state Capitol Friday joining many across the country in a global movement of youth activists striking for action on climate change.

Marjorie Cortez, KSL | PostedMar 15th - 7:38am

The Utah House of Representatives gave final passage to SB245 Thursday, which would require school districts or charter boards to give students' parents at least 120 days notice before closing a school or changing school boundaries.

Marjorie Cortez | PostedMar 15th - 6:42am

From researchers' study of an elephant protein's role in cancer resistance to new K-12 program intended to boost student achievement at the school level, fresh initiatives to enhance knowledge and learning got a boost this year from state lawmakers.

The sixth version of a bill intended to improve school safety in Utah won final passage in the Utah House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Marjorie Cortez, KSL | PostedMar 13th - 9:58am

House members gave final passage to the state's public education budget Tuesday with their unanimous approval of SB4. The bill fully funds enrollment growth in Utah public schools and increases the value of the weighted pupil unit by 4 percent.

Marjorie Cortez, KSL | PostedMar 12th - 9:22pm

Introducing a proposed constitutional amendment in the final days of the legislative session to also use income tax to fund some social services programs is "absurd," says Utah Education Association President Heidi Matthews.

Carter Williams, KSL.com | PostedMar 11th - 8:38pm

Shelly Christensen figures she was about 30 internship hours shy of graduating from Argosy University when she got an email from the school Friday informing her that all its locations, including one in Utah, were closed effective immediately.

A bill that calls for revision of the state's required semesterlong financial literacy for high schoolers to include units on socialism and communism won final passage in the Utah Senate Friday.

Marjorie Cortez, KSL | PostedMar 8th - 9:36am

SB149, the Teacher and Student Success Act, won final passage in the Utah House of Representatives Thursday, creating a mechanism to send millions of dollars directly to Utah schools for local plans to improve student achievement.

HB120, the school safety bill, moved out of Senate Education Committee on unanimous vote Thursday after the bill's sponsor, Rep. Ray Ward, R-Bountiful, removed language calling for school-level threat assessments.

Marjorie Cortez, KSL | PostedMar 6th - 9:39am

Making good on a vow to amend the school turnaround law following the Granite Board of Education's vote to close Oquirrh Hills Elementary School in Kearns, Sen. Karen Mayne, D-West Valley City, introduced SB245 on Tuesday.

The Senate Education Committee on Tuesday defeated the latest version HB120, a school safety bill developed in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting in 2018.

Marjorie Cortez, KSL | PostedMar 5th - 9:33am

Utah college presidents, higher education leaders and institutional boards of trustees met with lawmakers Monday to make a case for legislative initiatives intended to enhance access to college and help make it more affordable for needy students.

Marjorie Cortez, KSL | PostedMar 5th - 8:43am

The Teacher and Student Success Act advanced to the House Monday by a 7-4 vote by the House Education Committee. SB149, sponsored by Sen. Ann Millner, R-Ogden, was part of the 2018 compromise between lawmakers and citizen initiative Our Schools Now.